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Pfeiffer Consulting
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Client : Apple Computer
Report : Power Macintosh G4 - 450 Benchmark Report
About the report
Aim of benchmarks :
To document performance increase between the G4, G3 and 9600 generation
Macintosh computers in applications linked to digital content creation.
Hardware configurations tested :
• 9600 - 350
• G3 - 400, G3 - 450
• G4-450
(Please see Reference section for complete system profiles
of benchmarked systems)
System software
• MacOS 8.5.1, 8.6
Network
• 10 Base T Ethernet
• 100 Base T Ethernet
Hardware Configuration and Methodology
Pfeiffer Consulting used two types of hardware configurations. Platform
Evolution Benchmarks were conducted using the standard configuration for each
top of the line model. Some benchmarks (i.e. Photoshop, 3D rendering) were
also conducted in extended memory configurations on older systems in order to
provide data both on performance evolution of the platform as well as
performance increase with identical configurations.
The tests are based on the benchmarks executed for “Macintosh vs. PC in
Professional Publishing” and use the same reference files.
However, the test-suite presented here significantly extends the initial set of
benchmarks in order to give a more detailed view of the tested systems in the
context of publishing and digital content creation.
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